Overview

• President Trump issued a directive labeling antifa a domestic terrorist threat and instructing federal agencies to investigate, disrupt, and dismantle alleged illegal operations.
• Oregon’s attorney general filed a federal lawsuit challenging plans to deploy federal forces and the Oregon National Guard to Portland, citing the Posse Comitatus Act and the lack of conditions required under the Insurrection Act.
• Raw Story reports that Pete Hegseth sent a memo authorizing National Guard deployment and notes Trump’s public threats to send troops, while Oregon officials maintain there is no emergency requiring federalization.
• Opinion coverage is sharply divided, with The Federalist urging nationwide raids on alleged antifa cells and Raw Story arguing the administration’s orders are unconstitutional and aimed at political dissent.
• Raw Story says the Justice Department removed a National Institute of Justice study on domestic terrorism before the directive, and The Federalist reports five detentions after an incident outside a federal building in Eugene.